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Watch 'first ever' flower delivery by drone in Metro Detroit

Detroit Aircraft Company

<h2><a style="color:black;" href="http://www.mlive.com/business/detroit/index.ssf/2013/12/detroit_aircraft_corporation_s.html#incart_river_news">Detroit company builds drones for public safety use; City eyed as hub for unmanned aircraft</a></h2>
Unmanned aircraft is the next big thing in aviation, and a Detroit entrepreneur says the Motor City, with its engineering and manufacturing capacity, should play a major role in the burgeoning sector.
(MLive)

"Drones are an emerging technology that will provide an economically viable shipping option for our customers," company CEO Wesley Berry said in a statement. "We believe the use of drones will become common practice in the near future."

We put a call in to FlowerDeliveryExpress' headquarters near West Bloomfield to get a better idea of how exactly they plan to pull this off. They weren't immediately available. Federal Aviation Administration rules typically prohibit unapproved commercial use of non-manned aircraft.